Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100506:17:01:00
This. if this thing works it is a four-story tall structure lowered almost a mile, capping the ruptured well and eventually siphoning the fuel. it is a stop gap mae chur at best, but it would buy time to complete a relief well that could finally stop the leaks. so we want the get straight to louisiana coast where we have a confirmation that oil has hit land. cnn's david mattingly is in venice. david, what did we learn so far? >> well, don, this sour first confirmation that oil has impacted a shoreline. we're told that it's come ashore at free masons island, a small island, southern most island...